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- ATTORNEY v A. NAKAHARA BRUSH Filed Maron 19, 1925 2 sheets-snee@ 2 Patented lec. 23', i924.

'aren-r ASAKICHI NARA F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

l sansa.

Application led March 19, 1923. Serial No. 625,972.

To all 'whom it 'may concern.

Be it known that I, ASAKICHI NAKAHARA, a subject of the Emperor of Japan, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Brush, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in brushes and more particularly to blackng brushes, and the principal objects of my invention are to provide a brush whereby the polish is seit contained within the back and with means for readily supplyin the polish to the bristles of said brush at a l times.

Another object is to provide the brush vwith a cloth which may be drawn around under the bristles and covering same when in use for polishing and which may be folded over the back and out of the way when not in use. Other objects are to provide a brush which is simple and durable in construction, positive and eliicient in operation and which may be manufactured at comparatively small cost.

-With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description prof ceeds.I the invention consists of the novel construction, adaptation, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

These objects are accomplished by devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a view in lfront side elevation of the device;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of same;

Fig. 3 is a view in longitudinal vertical section taken substantially on a broken line 3, 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view in longitudinal horizontal section taken substantially on a broken line 4, 4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a view in transverse vertical sec-` tion taken ona broken line 5, 5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a view in transverse vertical section taken on a broken line 6, 6 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 7 is a view in rear side elevation of the device.

Referring to the ldrawings throughout which like reference numerals designate like parts, the numeral 5 designates the back, the numeral 6 designates the polishing bristles, and the numeral 7 designates the dauber bristles.

The back 5 is 'cut to form an lL-shaped base member 8 and a complementary cover member 9 pivotally secured to said base member by hinges 10 and 11 and which may be locked thereto in the closed position by hooks 12 and 13. By virtue of the L-shaped base member 8, a head 14 is formed thereon to which the dauber bristles 7 are secured in the usual manner.

A transverse slot 15 is provided in the outer end of the head 14 'and extends from the bristles 7 to a hole 16 extending transversely through said head. A stopcock 17 fits within said hole and is provided on its exterior end with a head 18 by means of which same is manually operated. Said stopcock is provided with a triangular shaped slot 19 adapted to register with the slot 15, and a circular aperture 20 extends from said triangular slot throughsai'd stopcock and registers with `a corresponding aperture 21 extending through thehead 14 and communicating with a longitudinal chamber 22.

The'chamber 22 extends from the head 14 nearly the full length of the back 5 and is substantially circular in cross section, one half of saine occupying the base member 8 and the other half the back member 9.

Said chamber is positioned to one side of said back and a longitudinal slot 23 provided in the sides of said members extends the full length of said chamber. is provided in said members at the rear end of said chamber and the inner end of the aperture 21 is threaded for reasons presently described. i i

In the operation of the device a collapsible tube 25 containing polish paste is placed within the chamber 22 by screwing its threaded neck 26 into the aperture 21 and by pressing its closed end into the recess 24 to prevent same from slipping. A ball 27 is then pressed intokplace at the closed end of said tube and the back members 8 and 9 are locked together by means of the hooks 12 and 13. Y

It will- Abe understood that the stopcock "17 is ordinarily closed as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, of the drawings. iVhen it is desired to apply the polish said stopcock is turned to the open position shown in full lines and the ball 2? is pressed forward by the thumb through the slot 23. The paste will be forced outwardly through said stopcock and transverse slot l5 andthe bristles 7 willbe saturated thereby.

A recess 24 v 'of said cloth a finished po ish is given to the brushed in by the bristles 6. The clot 28 is then drawn from the osition shown in Fig. 3 around under the ristles 6 where it is secured as shown inFi 1, and -by means shoe.

It will thus be seen that every element necessary in polishing the shoe is self contained within the device and that the entire operation may be performed without the loss of time and inconvenience in shifting vfrom one device to another.

lFrom the' oreoing description taken in connection with t e accompanying drawings the form of construction and method of operation of my brush will be readily apparent tothose skilledl in the art to which the invention relates, and it will be understood that the ap aratus shown is merely i1- .lustrative and t at such changes may be resorted to as are within the scope and spirit ofthe invention. VHaving thus described my invention, what ling the be I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is':-

A brush of the, character described comprising a' base and a cover member, hin es connectin said members, locking means or said mem rs, a head on said base member,

dauber bristles on said head, said base and cover members having a longitudinal chamber disposed therebetween, said head havin a passagewa communicating-between sai chamber an said dauber bristles, a Acolla s-ible tube within saidchamber having its' neck threadedly secured within said passa eway and its tail secured within a recess, said base and cover members -having a longitudinal complemental slot in inter-communication with said longitudinal chamber, a ball within said 4chamber adapted to be manually pressed against said collapsible tube through said longitudinal slot to force its contents through said passageway tosaid dauber bristles, and a stopcock for control-v passage of said contents from said tu Y ASAKICHI NAKAHARA 

